Oakwell House Church Hill Hernhill ME13 9JX
Approved on 16 November 2021
Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conservation Area notification: T1 - Sweet Chestnut - Reduction in height and spread of approx 50% retaining the tree at a height of 5m, T2/3 - Holly - Reduce back to previous reduction height approx 3m in height and prune back lower overhang to neighbours. T4 - Sweet Chestnut - Re-coppice Sweet Chestnut stool. T5 - Holly - Trim to shape removing approx 450mm in radial spread and height retaining the tree at approx 5m, T6 - Contorted Willow - Prune Contorted Willow away from Monkey Puzzle giving approx 1m clearance.
- Received
- 5 October 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Boughton And Courtenay
- ReceivedReceived5 Oct
- ValidatedValidated5 Oct
- Consult.Consultation28 Oct
- TargetTarget Date16 Nov
- DecidedDecided16 Nov
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Oakwell House Church Hill Hernhill ME13 9JX. Mid Kent has handled 831 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Staplestreet conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Boughton And Courtenay. We hold 1,018 applications in total for the ME13 postcode area.
92% of trees applications at Maidstone Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- ME13 9JX
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hernhill
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 October 2021
- Last date for comments
- 28 October 2021
- Target decision date
- 16 November 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Stedman 29 Valkyrie Avenue Whitstable CT5 4DL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10254735
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: StaplestreetPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Mid Kent
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